Local Community
Involvement in the local community
Following our participation in Partnership for Missional Church (PMC) the Parish began looking at local communities around us and assessing their needs and our response. This led to a significant increase in involvement that proved beneficial when we were able to support them during Covid.
Local Schools
There are good links with 8 out of the 12 schools in the Parish with regular assemblies in many, and services in church for some. The two church schools, St Paul’s CofE Junior School and St Cecilia CofE Primary School, have Parish members as governors, and both enjoy a close relationship with the Church. As Rector you will be expected to also become a governor of these schools. Many of the other schools have assemblies taken on a regular basis. Two of the Secondary Schools have close links with the churches and Soulscape runs various activities in them supported by the Parish.
Penelope Wallace – Chair of Governors
J Usher – Headteacher
Katie Pearce and Anne Kennedy – Co-Heads
Care Homes
The clergy and leadership teams of the Parish regularly hold services in 4 Care or Nursing homes within the Parish. Some of the homes also screen the live-streamed service on Sundays for their residents. We also have Parishioners visiting these and other homes locally.
Wokingham Foodbank
Despite the apparent prosperity in Wokingham there is, unfortunately, a pressing need for the Foodbank to provide food for a large number of people in the local area. As a Parish we collect food regularly and have an annual donation service to support the Foodbank; Parishioners also volunteer there.
